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Reports of His Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

I See You've Called In Dead by John Kenney

July 17, 2026 by jeverett15 1 Comment

Bud Stanley was, somehow, the lead obituary writer at a New York newspaper until, in a bit of drunken foolishness exacerbated by his recent divorce, he decides to hack into the computer system at work and publish his own obituary. The paper wants to fire him immediately, but they are stymied by the (in my opinion, too cute by half) fact that the network now thinks Bud is dead and therefore can’t be fired. He is suspended until the glitch can be corrected. When his […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: John Kenney

jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: John Kenney ·
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I like you

Love Poems (for Married People) by John Kenney

January 18, 2020 by Sophia 1 Comment

I was very excited when NPR’s Best Books of 2019 List finally came out at the end of the year. I never have a problem finding books I want to read, but I’m always ready to add more to my list. And that’s how I found Love Poems (for Married People) (2018)* by John Kenney. At first glance, this might not seem like a book that would interest me. Most importantly, perhaps, I am not married. I am dating someone, but my relationships are few and far between. This “married […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: John Kenney

Sophia's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: John Kenney ·
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